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HEALTH CONTEST ESSAYS flEssay by Gertrude Cerrans, Eighth Grade.) Infectious and contagious diseases are spread by means of minute organ-Isms organ-Isms called germs, given off from the body of the diseased peron, and may be passed from the infected persons to furniture and clothing, or find their way out into water, food and air, and may be Introduced into the system by breathing, eating and drinking, or through the skin. Even the mildest case of any contagious con-tagious disease Is dangerous. Children should never play with strange cats because they may have come from a room or a home of a contagious disease, dis-ease, the germ of which could very easily be carried in the fur. They should never handle or pick up anything any-thing on the street, and even after using us-ing their books, they should wash their hands before eating, because germs are very easily carried In books. You should never drink out of cups that other people have used, and always al-ways keep the mouth and teeth washed wash-ed good, because cleanliness 's the foe of germs. Children can keep their yards clean and thus destroy the breeding place of flics" and"' germs, tiles " are a great carrier of disease. All children should get the "swat, the-fly" habit (Essay by Ellen Tlyland, Seventh Grade.) The City of 'Bingham should have a public supply of purified water, an efficient ef-ficient supply of underground pipes for the removal of sewerage, removing from the streets and alleys everything In the nature of waste, prevention by enforcement of ordinances of spitting upon sidewalks and the floors of public pub-lic halls and conveyances, a hospital or sanitarium In which people can be cared for when sick with Infectious diseases. Destruction of infectious material, after recovery all clothing, bedding and furniture used In connection connec-tion with the sick be disinfected or burned. The room in which the sick be disin-fectPd disin-fectPd and cleaned. In some Instances the woodwork ought to be repainted, the purpose Is, of course, to destroy all germs and prevent by this means recurrence re-currence of disease. To destroy the breeding places of flies all animals should be kept clean, and their surroundinr Isolation or quarantining Is the most important method of combating contagious diseases, by removing the sick from around wells many outbreaks out-breaks of diseases are quickly checked. Shallow wells are to be condemned, as a rule, because the likelihood of surface drainage. To destroy germs In the air formaldehyde formal-dehyde is considered the best disinfectant disin-fectant for this purpose. |
